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13 articles from 2009

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From Within (2008) Movie Review

13 August 2009 1:08 PM, PDT | Beyond Hollywood | See recent Beyond Hollywood news »

“From Within” is the first film from Phedon Papamichael as a director for nearly 15 years, following his forgettable early 1990s thrillers “Dark Side of Genius” and “Sketch Artist”. The time since has certainly been well spent, with Papamichael honing his craft as one of the top cinematographers in the business, having worked on the likes of “Sideways”, “Walk the Line”, “W” and “3:10 to Yuma” as director of photography. Perhaps having learned his lessons, he has here returned behind the camera in a different way with a slice of Bible belt horror as suicides and ghostly visions torment a small Christian community in the American south. Interestingly enough, despite the setting, the film draws its influences quite obviously from the recent wave of modern Asian ghost chillers, perhaps unsurprisingly given that writer Brad Keene was also recently responsible for remake non-sequel “The Grudge 3”. The film begins with a young goth teen eating his gun, »

- James Mudge

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Horror on DVD: Thomas Dekker in From Within

7 August 2009 3:32 PM, PDT | Beyond Hollywood | See recent Beyond Hollywood news »

Thomas Dekker from the Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles goes from fighting cyborgs from the future to battling evil curses in director Phedon Papamichael’s horror movie “From Within”. The film will be released on DVD in the UK from E1 Entertainment on 24th August 2009. It’s already available in the States through the After Dark Horrorfest label. Written by Brad Keene (The Grudge 3) and directed by Phedon Papamichael (better known as the Director of Photography on numerous Hollywood hits including Oliver Stone’s W., 3:10 To Yuma, Walk The Line and Sideways), the gripping supernatural shocker, From Within, stars Thomas Dekker (Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles; Laid To Rest), Elizabeth Rice (Mad Men), Adam Goldberg (Zodiac; Two Days In Paris) and Laura Allen (Dirt; The 4400) in a darkly disturbing tale guaranteed to put the frighteners on fans of recent horror blockbusters such as the Final Destination trilogy, »

- Nix

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The Grudge 3 (DVD Review)

8 May 2009 11:27 AM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

As if any more proof were needed, The Grudge 3—the third in the American series based on Takashi Shimizu’s Japanese screen quartet, the first to go direct to DVD and the first of any of these not helmed by Shimizu—demonstrates that this concept has been well and truly exhausted. Particularly given that this sequel was created not by untried up-and-comers or music-video graduates, but a couple of guys who have shown themselves to have true horror chops.

The Grudge 3 was directed by Toby Wilkins and scripted by Brad Keene, who held those posts respectively on Splinter and From Within, two of the smarter and more satisfying independent fright films to emerge in the last year. Yet even their best efforts are defeated by the necessity of adhering to a formula that has now become familiar well past the point of banality. No matter what the context, »

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DVD Review: 'After Dark Horrorfest III: 8 Films to Die For'

23 April 2009 8:58 AM, PDT | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »

Chicago – Lionsgate and After Dark Films’ recently released their third collection of “8 Films to Die For” and this year proved to be the most uninspiring octet to date. With fewer risks taken than the last two years and less extreme failures or successes, “After Dark Horrorfest III” is terrifyingly dull.

Overall DVD Rating: 2.0/5.0 What makes this year’s collection rather forgettable is the lack of extremes on either side of the rating spectrum. The first two years produced some truly excellent genre gems including “Borderland,” “The Hamiltons,” and “The Abandoned.” At the same time, movies like “Dead Lake,” “Undead,” and “Nightmare Man” should be buried in a deep hole and never see the light of day again.

I have to admit that I liked the variety in quality of the last two years more than this year, when nearly every film registered as forgettable more than good or bad. There was one notable standout, »

- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)

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Meet the Minds Behind The Gravedancers and Nightmare Man

3 April 2009 4:17 PM, PDT | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »

Two films from the first two runs of the 8 Films to Die For festival are being combined into a single double-feature DVD, and to celebrate this re-release, some of the talent involved are getting together for a signing party. Cast and crew of The Gravedancers and Nightmare Man will be meeting up at Spudic's Movie Empire in Van Nuys on Sunday, April 5th, from 1-3 pm, to mix and mingle with attending fans of horror.

Included from The Gravedancers will be director Mike Mendez as well as writer Brad Keene. Writer and director of Nightmare Man, Rolfe Kanefsky, will meet up with actors Blythe Metz and Jack Sway along with the film's producer Esther Goodstein. All will be available for autographs and chatting it up with interested fans.

Spudic's Movie Empire is located at 5910 Van Nuys Boulevard in lovely Van Nuys, California. Good times!

- Tristan Sinns

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- Tristan Sinns

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Part two of our After Dark Horrorfest III mega review!!

3 April 2009 11:51 AM, PDT | QuietEarth.us | See recent QuietEarth news »

Alright, I'm finally done Lionsgate's After Dark Horrorfest III box and I'm glad to report the films all manage to stay consistently entertaining.

Continue on to read my mini-reviews of From Within, Autopsy, Voices and Slaughter.

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Title: From Within

Year: 2008

Director: Phedon Papamichael

Writers: Brad Keene

IMDb: link

Trailer: link

Review by: agentorange

Rating: 7.5 out of 10

From Within is not a perfect film by any means but it's easily the best movie from the After Dark Horrorfest III line-up. On the surface, it's about a suicide curse that infects an intensely religious small town in Southern America but there is a strong subtext about how fear and religious fervor can make people do unimaginable evil. Actually, it's very similar to the basic theme running through The Mist and as I watched it I thought to myself that this would be the kind of story that Stephen King would like.

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Horrorfest III DVD signing tonight in Burbank, CA

31 March 2009 2:06 AM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

Fangoria readers in the Los Angeles area have a chance to get their copies of Slaughter, Autopsy, and From Within (review here) signed tonight at Dark Delicacies in Burbank.

The From Within crew gave Fango the heads-up that stars Thomas Dekker (Laid To Rest, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles) and Elizabeth Rice (Mad Men) are planning on joining them tonight, along with director Phedon Papamichael (Arcadia Lost), and writer Brad Keene (The Grudge 3). Full details after the jump.

The 8 Films To Die For signing begins at 7pm tonight, ar Dark Delicacies, 4213 W. Burbank, Burbank, CA 91505.

Also scheduled to appear:

From Slaughter - Writer/Director Stewart Hopewell (Going To Pieces: The Rise And Fall Of The Slasher Film), Craig Robert Young (Perkins 14, Charmed), Maxim Knight (How My Dad Killed Dracula), and Vance Daniels.

From Autopsy (see our review here) -  Writers Jace Anderson & Adam Gierasch (Night Of The Demons, »

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The Gravedancers (Horrorfest Flashback Review)

29 March 2009 3:52 AM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

Those who come to The Gravedancers expecting the off-the-wall, black-humored insanity of director Mike Mendez’s previous The Convent should be advised: This is a much more straightforward supernatural tale. Which is not to say that Mendez has mellowed, just that here he’s tackling material (a script by Brad Keene and Chris Skinner) which largely takes its horrors seriously. And the energy of his filmmaking hasn’t waned; back when he first announced the project, Mendez compared it to an adult version of the Haunted Mansion ride at Disneyland, and once it gets cooking, The Gravedancers does indeed play like a cinematic amusement-park spook ride. Without self-consciously homaging the films of decades ago, it harks back to the days when horror movies had fun scaring you, yet didn’t wink at the camera or employ self-conscious humor to do so.

Appropriately enough, the story begins with a funeral, and »

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Two new looks at The Grudge 3’s Kayako

17 February 2009 11:31 AM, PST | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment passed along two new photos of the vengeful spirit Kayako from The Grudge 3, the sequel that makes its DVD premiere March 24. Check ’em out below the cut.

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Directed by Splinter’s Toby Wilkins from a script by From Within’s Brad Keene, the latest Ghost House production based on Takashi Shimizu’s franchise is set in the Chicago apartment house previously plagued by Kayako and Toshio in The Grudge 2. Now played by Aiko Horiuchi, Kayako continues to claim new victims as her sister Naoko (Emi Ikehata) travels from Japan to put a stop to her curse. Dr. Sullivan (Shawnee Smith from the Saw films), who has been treating the afflicted young Jake (Matthew Knight, »

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Splinter director Toby Wilkins doin’ Chicago Fango con

30 January 2009 12:32 PM, PST | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

Director Toby Wilkins (pictured), whose first film Splinter wowed fans last year, has joined the lineup of the next Chicago edition of Fangoria’s Weekend of Horrors, to be held March 6-8 at the Wyndham Chicago O’Hare Hotel (6810 North Mannheim Road, Rosemont, Il). Wilkins will preview his latest directorial effort, Ghost House Pictures’ The Grudge 3, at the convention, and the Sony Pictures DVD sequel will also be screened at the show.

The Grudge 3 picks up after the previous sequel ended, with the spirit of Kayako and her son still haunting a Chicago apartment building; Saw’s Shawnee Smith and Star Trek’s Marina Sirtis co-star, and rising genre scribe Brad Keene (The Gravedancers, From Within) penned the script. The Grudge 3 debuts March 24 from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Other guests comin’ to our Midwest extravaganza include:

• George A. Romero: the director of Night Of The Living Dead, »

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DVD Art For All The After Dark Horrorfest III "8 Films To Die For"!

12 January 2009 7:54 AM, PST | iconsoffright.com | See recent Icons of Fright news »

Amazon has listed all the DVD artwork for all "8 Films To Die For" as part of After Dark's Horrorfest 3. All the following titles will be released on March 31st. Below you'll find a break down of each film, along with the cover art which will be linked to the Amazon link if you'd like to pre-order any of these. Enjoy!

Autopsy Synopsis:

A group of recent college grads is taking a final vacation together when an accident leaves them hurt and stranded on a lonely Louisiana road. An ambulance arrives and takes them to mercy hospital, an eerie, half empty place that harbors a chilling secret: a doctor conducting inhuman experiments on its helpless patients. Directed by Adam Gierasch. Written by Adam Gierasch, Jace Anderson & E.L. Katz. Starring Jessica Lowndes, Michael Bowen, Robert Patrick, Jenette Goldstein, Robert Lasardo & Ashley Schneider.

The Butterfly Effect: Revelation Synopsis:

The latest entry in The Butterfly Effect »

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The Grudge 3 DVD Art; Release Date!

3 January 2009 8:00 AM, PST | iconsoffright.com | See recent Icons of Fright news »

DVD Active got the first peek at the cover art for the Direct-To-dvd sequel The Grudge 3. (Pictured below) Directed by Toby Wilkins (Splinter) and written by Brad Keene (The Gravedancers), The Grudge 3 stars Shawnee Smith (Saw 1-3), Matthew Knight, Marina Sirtis, Beau Mirchoff, Johanna E. Braddy & Emi Ikehata. The release date has officially been set for March 24th, 2009! You can check out a teaser trailer right Here!

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Grudge 3 DVD Art and Release Date

1 January 2009 | shocktillyoudrop.com | See recent shocktillyoudrop news »

The word is out that the upcoming horror sequel The Grudge 3 , starring Shawnee Smith ( Saw ), is coming to DVD on March 24th. Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is distributing. At the time of this writing, special features are unclear, however, DVD Active reports there will be some featurettes on the production. Directed by Toby Wilkins, who made a splash this year with Splinter , and written by Brad Keene ( From Within ), the story tells of a young Japanese woman who holds a secret to ending the curse of the Grudge. She travels to a haunted Chicago apartment building where she encounters a family battling to survive the ghosts. Together they confront the ghost of Kayako to save their souls from their impending tragic fate. »

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2009 | 2008

13 articles from 2009

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